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Newsguard shares with WAN-IFRA their findings on the spread of false narratives about Ukraine and its allies, and how business is one of the reasons for the overwhelming success of disinformation on the Internet.

PARIS, April 7 ― The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say. Every day, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist with the BBC's disinformation team, ploughs through a...

Some say the very nature of TikTok makes it problematic when subject matter becomes more serious than funny skits and dance routines.

The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.

PARIS: The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.Every day,...

QAnon’s new Europe arm takes aim at Macron vote The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept QAnon’s new Europe arm takes aim at Macron vote Official inquiry launched into the level of disruption that conspiracist movements could bring in France but some political commentators say they pose no threat 16 March 2021 Despite efforts by tech giants to block conspiracy sites, QA...

Candida Moss Jan 21, 2021 9:40 PM ET Social psychologists call this phenomenon cognitive dissonance. In their classic treatment, When Prophecy Fails, Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter studied the case of the Seekers, a small UFO religion that believed that they would leave the Earth in a flyer saucer before daybreak on Dec. 21, 1954. After the non-arrival of extraterrestrials, the group’s leader, Dorothy Martin, changed her name and continued to prophesy. Festinger and his ...

Last Updated: Alissa Eckert, MS and Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC This special report has been provided to Britannica by NewsGuard, which offers the service HealthGuard to fight online health care misinformation. It was written by John Gregory and originally published at newsguardtech.com. Kendrick McDonald, Chine Labbe, and Anicka Slachta contributed reporting. It was last updated March 17, 2021. Scientists and researchers managed to produce vaccines to protect against COVID-19. Vaccine candidates...